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Climate change accelerates extreme melting in Greenland, with global impacts
A study by the University of Barcelona reveals that ice melting in Greenland has increased dramatically in recent decades, contributing to sea level rise and affecting global weather patterns
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The European Innovation Council funds two UB projects to develop cutting-edge technologies
The teams led by Marta Estrader and Josep Puigmartí Luis, from the Faculty of Chemistry, promote technologies to remotely detect contamination in water and to improve cell alignment in tissue bioprinting, respectively.
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Researchers develop a cellular map of the pancreas to help design better treatments for pancreatic cancer and diabetes
This could help identify different cells in the pancreatic ducts involved in the origin of tumours and move towards a new marker-based stratification of patients.
Institutional
A “video game” welcome
From 16 to 19 September, the University of Barcelona welcomes the new students with an action dedicated to the history of video games.
Academical
Next stop, Paris
UB students will once again take part in the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, willing to achieve the success they reached in previous editions.
Institutional
Last days to register for UB Alma Mater, the first intra-university eSports competition
Members of the UB community can sign up until 20 September.
Research
UB team describes new biochemistry for RNA at low temperatures
The findings of the new structures that RNA adopts when it folds in on itself below 20°C open up a new scenario for understanding primordial biochemistry and the origin of life.
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Researchers reveal presence of microplastics in large pelagic fish in the Mediterranean
A new study warns of the urgent need to reduce plastic pollution in the ocean to protect both marine ecosystem health and human health, through the food chain.